Igor Konashenkov

Igor Konashenkov was a Major-General of the Russian Army and a spokesman of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

Biography
Igor Konashenkov was the spokesman of the Russian Ministry of Defense, and he was a Major-General in the Russian Army. Konashenkov was one of the main leaders of Russia's forces during the Syrian Civil War, and he was interviewed in a 60 Minutes documentary on 10 January 2016, in which he stated that 320 insurgents and 34 armored vehicles had been destroyed in the past 24 hours. Konashenkov also informed Bill Whittaker, the journalist, that the guided missile cruiser Moscow off the coast of Syria was patrolling the waters in the case of a Turkish Air Force attack, as it had anti-aircraft capabilities that could prevent another Russian plane from being shot down by Turkey.